[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: July 19, 1994]
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                       MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORM

  (Mr. GRAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that today I will 
introduce the Medical Malpractice Fairness Act of 1994. This measure 
has the strong support of former Vice President Dan Quayle--a vocal 
advocate of medical malpractice reform, as well as the American Medical 
Association, the Minnesota Medical Association, and numerous other 
groups.
  I find it appalling that not one of the health care reform bills 
reported out of committee in the House has any meaningful medical 
malpractice reform.
  How can the White House and Democrat leadership go before the 
American public and say they're trying to reform health care when they 
virtually ignore the $15 billion a year that could be saved if my bill 
was approved.
  Serious medical malpractice reform would save consumers billions of 
dollars each year--in particular it would reduce the cost of the 
typical hospital stay by $500, reduce the rate of defensive medicine, 
and reduce the cost of liability insurance.
  I strongly urge my colleagues to support the Medical Malpractice 
Fairness Act of 1994 and show that comprehensive health care reform 
includes serious medical malpractice reform.

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